"One of the great cliches of campaign journalism is the notion that American elections have long since ceased to be about issues and ideas."

-- Matt Taibbi

#Ideas Quotes #Issues Quotes #Long Quotes

“Our loving Heavenly Father wants us to become more like him. God understands that we get there not in an instant, but by taking one step at a time.”
“Politics is the art of reaching a goal that benefits all citizens of a nation.”
“Manchester is the belly and guts of the nation”
“One of the drawbacks of English is you can't spell things by hearing them.”
“The good news about fresh water is that, even after accounting for the larger volume of water that is unavailable to people from the hydrologic cycle, there is enough on a global scale to support current and anticipated populations on a sustainable basis... Three essential goals are dependable and safe supplies for people, protection and management of the environmental systems through which water moves, and efficient water use. Meeting these goals will require that fresh water not continue to be treated as a free good or as the principal means for disposing of human and industrial wastes.”
“An outdated view still prevails that a low-carbon lifestyle requires immense personal suffering and sacrifice. In my view, nothing could be further from the truth. All the evidence shows that people who do not drive, do not fly on planes, do shop locally, do grow their own food, and do get to know other members of their community have a much higher quality of life than their compatriots who still persist in making the ultimate sacrifice of wasting their lives commuting to work in cars.”
“When I finish a first draft, it's always just as much of a mess as it's always been. I still make the same mistakes every time.”
“I find so many things to fear and so few to hope ...”

Source : Dorothy Osborne, Edward Abbott Parry (2014). “Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652–54”, p.279, Cambridge University Press

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